Bid on this white fox!
Therefore, he wanted to be the first to bid, and to possess this white fox as quickly as possible.
Although he thought so, he knew himself that it was unlikely.
Not to mention others, even those in Room Tianzi No. 1 would probably not let him get this white fox so easily.
Even so, it didn't matter.
Wasn't it just a little more crystal coins?
Even if he had to take out all the wealth of the Sun Heat Sect, he would not let this opportunity pass.
Thinking this, Yan Rulei was the first to speak, bidding six hundred blue coins.
Hearing Yan Rulei's bid, the first to be surprised was Long Xuan.
Long Xuan looked at Yan Rulei in surprise, not understanding why Yan Rulei would speak.
But when she saw the frenzied expression on Yan Rulei's face, her heart skipped a beat, and a strange feeling filled her heart.
How could this feeling be so strange?
She couldn't figure it out, nor did she want to think about it.
The second person to be surprised was Shen Xiaoyan.
Why did Yan Rulei bid?
Could it be to deliberately drive up the price?
But it didn't seem like it, because he didn't know they would bid.
Even if it was to deliberately drive up the price, he should wait until they bid!
Since the reason was not with them, it must be Yan Rulei's own reason... Yan Rulei also wanted this half-elf.
At this point, Shen Xiaoyan had to take this half-elf seriously.
What was so special about him that made these people go crazy one after another?
Unfortunately, no one would answer such questions for her for the time being.
As Yan Rulei joined the bidding, the other private rooms on the fourth floor also made their voices heard.
The price quickly rose from six million blue coins to twenty million blue coins.
Shen Xiaoyan could only click her tongue at such a price.
If these crystal coins were taken out, they could almost fill the entire auction hall.
But the price kept rising, and there was no sign of stopping.
Shen Xiaoyan turned to look at Zhen Lingrong, and saw that she was still sitting there calmly, not showing any signs of urgency.
Perhaps sensing Shen Xiaoyan's confusion, Zhen Lingrong smiled and explained, "This is just a small skirmish for now, let's wait."
Shen Xiaoyan couldn't help but click her tongue at this. It was already 20 million blue coins, but in Zhen Lingrong's words, it was just a small skirmish.
From this, Shen Xiaoyan finally understood Zhen Lingrong's dominance as the head of a palace.
Another quarter of an hour passed, and the bids gradually became sparse.
It seemed that those who should not have participated had already withdrawn.
What surprised Shen Xiaoyan was that Yan Rulei was still involved.
"Thirty million blue coins!"
In Room Tianzi No. 8, Yan Rulei gritted his teeth and uttered such a number.
Long Ting's eyebrows, however, were already furrowed enough to kill a fly.
Although a starved camel is larger than a horse, their Sun Heat Sect did have some wealth, but such extravagance was not something the Sun Heat Sect could bear.
Moreover, looking at Yan Rulei's posture, he was clearly going to take out the entire wealth of the Sun Heat Sect just to buy back such a half-elf.
He could not understand such actions, nor did he want to.
"Sect Leader, isn't your approach a bit improper? Our Sun Heat Sect is still known as an elder, and we have such disciples... "
"I know what you want to say, but I don't need you to comment on my actions. I will explain when we return to the sect hall."
Yan Rulei interrupted Long Ting directly, his tone leaving no room for argument.
Long Ting's eyebrows furrowed even deeper. After thinking for a while, he still spoke his mind.
"I am the only one who followed the Sect Leader to this auction. The Sect Leader is not letting me speak now, but when we return to the sect hall, everyone else will blame me, and they will not listen to my explanation. Therefore, I want..."
"What do you want?" Yan Rulei turned his head to look at Long Ting suspiciously.
After looking at Yan Rulei for a while, Long Ting spoke his decision.
"I want to leave the sect hall. Then I will have no right to comment on the Sect Leader's decisions, nor will I have to bear any consequences because of them."
Hearing this, Yan Rulei frowned.
He always felt that Long Ting's desire to leave the sect hall was not that simple.
As a great elder, Long Ting had always held great authority in the Sun Heat Sect, so who would dare to challenge him face to face?
And was he the type to shy away from trouble?
Just as Yan Rulei was about to say he wouldn't agree, Long Ting spoke first.
"As long as the Sect Leader agrees, I am willing to give you 10 million blue coins."
Hearing this, Yan Rulei instinctively narrowed his eyes.
To leave the sect hall, he had to give 10 million blue coins, which made it even more suspicious.
More importantly, Long Ting actually had so many blue coins!
He could easily speak out this number, which meant he must have more.
Long Ting... seemed not as simple as he appeared!
Although he thought this in his heart, Yan Rulei still agreed.
Nothing else mattered at the moment, the most important thing was to be able to bid for this half-elf.
Seeing Yan Rulei agree, Long Ting breathed a sigh of relief.
He took back his and Long Xuan's life tokens from Yan Rulei. After confirming they were real, he handed a space ring to Yan Rulei.
Yan Rulei took the ring and checked it. It contained exactly 10 million blue coins.
With these 10 million, he breathed a sigh of relief. Could he bid for it now?
But what he didn't expect was that at this moment, a voice suddenly came from Room Tianzi No. 1, Zhen Lingrong.
"1000 Immortal Crystals!"
Yan Rulei: !
What was going on?
Was this woman crazy?
She bid 1000 immortal crystals, did she know their value at this moment?
Shen Xiaoyan looked at Zhen Lingrong in surprise, not expecting her to have immortal crystals.
And her surprise, in Zhen Lingrong's eyes, turned into confusion, so Zhen Lingrong kindly explained, "The common currency in our Holy Spirit Continent is crystal coins. Above crystal coins, there are higher-level immortal crystals. The immortal crystals you fed to the silly Meng just now, mother doesn't know where you got them, but I can see that you probably don't understand the value of immortal crystals."
"As everyone knows, one purple crystal is equal to one blue crystal, and one immortal crystal is equal to 10,000 purple crystals."
Shen Xiaoyan felt that her mind was not working well. So, Zhen Lingrong's bid of 1000 immortal crystals just now was equivalent to...
"1000 immortal crystals are equivalent to 100 million blue coins!"
Shen Xiaoyan: !
No wonder!
No wonder she had bought Shen Xiaoming back with a few hundred immortal crystals back then.
She thought she had gotten a good deal, but she didn't know she had paid tens of thousands of times the auction price. It was natural for the steward to be happy to give Shen Xiaoming to her.
So what?
To her, nothing was more important than Shen Xiaoming.
As long as Shen Xiaoming was there, even if it was 10,000 immortal crystals, what was it?
Moreover, in the hall, after Zhen Lingrong's voice fell, there were no more bids.
It wasn't because others didn't have immortal crystals.
It was because, from Zhen Lingrong's casual tone, it could be known that she did not lack immortal crystals.
No matter how much others bid, she could suppress them forcefully.
In such a situation, why bother to deliberately drive up the price?
That would only displease Zhen Lingrong, and it would not benefit them at all.
Everyone in the hall was not stupid, so why would they do such a foolish thing?
Therefore, the auction immediately entered a strange state.
In Room Tianzi No. 8, Yan Rulei's hands were clenched, and veins bulged on them.
He really didn't expect it to turn out this way.
Why did Zhen Lingrong interfere?
Was it to retaliate against him for raising the price earlier?
But the price was too high.
Yan Rulei endured and endured, but finally couldn't help but push open the window and stared intently at Room Tianzi No. 1 opposite.
"Palace Master Zhen, isn't what you're doing a bit unethical?"
Shen Xiaoyan immediately smiled at this. This Yan Rulei must have gone crazy from anger!
What was supposed to be a serious auction was made incredibly funny by his words.
What was unethical?
Yan Rulei waited for a moment, and seeing that no one in Room Tianzi No. 1 spoke, he said again, "Palace Master Zhen, if it is because of what happened earlier, then Yanmou is willing to apologize. Please, Palace Master Zhen, do not treat this as a child's play."
Hearing this, Shen Xiaoyan almost couldn't hold back her laughter.
Zhen Lingrong merely glanced at Yan Rulei opposite her, and did not speak.
It wasn't that she was unwilling to confront him, it was just that she couldn't be bothered to deal with him.
Yan Rulei, unable to get a response, felt his anger surge into his brain. Without thinking, he said loudly:
"Palace Master Zhen already has a half-elf. Why is she still bidding? Does Palace Master Zhen want to buy back all the special half-elves in the Northeast region? Has Palace Master Zhen considered whether this will provoke public anger? After all, this is not the Eastern Immortal Land belonging to Palace Master Zhen alone, is it?"
"You just said that Palace Master Zhen already has a half-elf. What do you mean?"
Along with the voice, the window of Room Tianzi No. 3 opened, and standing by the window was a charming woman.
The woman was dressed in a luxurious and magnificent palace dress, and her expression was somewhat indignant.
Yan Rulei's eyes flashed with surprise when he saw this woman.
Because this woman was none other than Zhen Lingrong's arch-nemesis, the Palace Master of Biyou Palace, one of the two palaces.
Among the one palace, two palaces, three sects, and four clans, only the leaders of Changqiu Hall and Biyou Palace were women; all the others were men.
It was precisely because of this that these two women became arch-rivals.
Of course, there was another more important reason: Zhen Lingrong was the head of the first palace, occupying the highest position, while the Palace Master of Biyou Palace was one level lower, which made the Palace Master of Biyou Palace even more resentful.
Whenever Zhen Lingrong was present, she would appear and oppose Zhen Lingrong.
This woman's name was Biyou.
Biyou Palace was named after herself, which showed Biyou's narcissism.
Such a person could not stand others being above her.
Since Biyou had spoken now, there was still room for maneuver.
Yan Rulei bowed to Biyou, and then explained with a smile.
"It's like this. Concubine Xiang just said that not long ago, there was an auction in Yingcheng for a half-elf, and that half-elf is now in Palace Master Zhen's hands, and..."
Seeing Yan Rulei stop midway, Biyou immediately frowned, "Hurry up and say it."
This impatient tone made Yan Rulei feel a little annoyed in his heart.
But thinking that he still needed Biyou, and now was not the time to fall out, Yan Rulei could only suppress his annoyance and said with a smile, "And this half-elf is..."
"Biyou, what do you want?"
Before Yan Rulei could finish speaking, Zhen Lingrong's voice came from Room Tianzi No. 1.
As soon as Biyou heard Zhen Lingrong's voice, she became like a lit firecracker. She no longer looked at Yan Rulei and directly looked towards Room Tianzi No. 1.
"Zhen Lingrong, we haven't seen each other for a long time. As old friends, you should at least show your face, shouldn't you?"
Hearing this, Zhen Lingrong stood up and walked to the window, opening it.
Seeing Zhen Lingrong standing there simply and making people unable to look away, Biyou's eyes were filled with jealousy.
"Zhen Lingrong, I won't waste my breath, and you don't like to listen. Since you already have a half-elf, then let this one go to me. How about it?"
Hearing this, Zhen Lingrong glanced at Biyou faintly, "No."
Hearing Zhen Lingrong's words, Biyou was stunned for a moment, and then said in disbelief, "You don't agree?"
How could this be?
In the past, every time she troubled Zhen Lingrong, Zhen Lingrong would always take a step back.
Although she knew that this was partly because Zhen Lingrong didn't want to bother with her, it at least made her receive everyone's admiration.
After all, besides her Biyou, there was no second person in this Eastern Immortal Land who could gain an advantage from Zhen Lingrong again and again.
But such a Zhen Lingrong, this time was so resolute, not giving her any face at all, and humiliating her like this!
How dare she!
How could she!
Biyou's face turned pale with anger.
Zhen Lingrong, however, did not look at her again.
She lowered her head and looked at Concubine Xiang on the auction stage, saying, "Why aren't you hurrying?"